6157 - THIRD EDITION by simonelliott

BROTHERS IN ARMS ON AURELIAN 66 YEARS, 2 STREETS, 1 SUBURB EMILY’S: THE CAFÉ ON THE CORNER PALMYRA: MORE THAN BREAKING EVEN ISSUE THREE AUTUMN 2016

ONE RESIDENTIAL 6157 BY O N E RE S ID E N T IA L 1 Q U A R T E R LY M A G A Z I N E

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CONTENTS EVERY STREET TELLS A STORY: Brothers in Arms on Aurelian 3 66 years, 2 streets, 1 suburb 6

Welcome to 6157. This is our third edition of 6157!

MARKET UPDATE Palmyra : Breaking even 7

WE LOVE_______: Emily’s Corner 8

We had plenty of positive feedback from our story on the Elvira Street Christmas Party. It reflected the great village vibe that we enjoy in Palmyra so well.

ONE SUPPORTS:

The Autumn edition is more great stuff from where you live.

ONE ON ONE

We’re featuring the story of Rhys Watt: 16 year old who’s journeying with cancer right now, and the extrordinary support and contribution of his family and friends as they took on the World’s Greatest Shave. While we were on Aurelian, we also caught up with long term resident, Susan Holtham, for some insight from here 66 years in the suburb!

beware the ‘overpromiser ’! 11

6157 also looks at the property market from two angles: what’s happening and the danger of overpromising in this market.

Sunset Supper Club 10

In a flat market,

SELLING in 6157 Palmyra 12

PROPERTY MANAGEMENT in 6157 About the Upside 14

ONERS Action in the One Residential Team 15

KIDS’ CORNER Get outta here! 16

We also road-tested Emily’s Corner, a new café on the block. Thanks for your feedback so far— hope you enjoy the read!

Michael Forzatti Managing Director

CONTRIBUTORS Designed and written by The Globe with thanks to the following: Tania Bangioni and Rhys Watt, Susan Holtham, Emily’s Corner, Stephen Perry, realestate.com.au, REIWA, ratemyagent.com.au, and the City of Melville.

One Residential recently re-launched online with a fresh, new website. Months in the planning, the site reflects our market leadership and the priority we place on the strong marketing of property in your area. The new site is an invaluable resource for information on your area as well as all our sales and property management activity. Get on to oneresidential. com.au and see what all the fuss is about!

6157: EVERY STREET TELLS A STORY

BROTHERS IN ARMS SOMETHING SPECIAL ON AURELIAN STREET What began with end-of-school-year tiredness and some aching legs turned into something far greater for Rhys Watt and his family. For these residents of Aurelian Street, Palmyra, December 2015 marked the beginning of a journey that began with a simple medical, and is continuing with chemotherapy. Rhys, 16, has cancer. This is part of his story—a story that’s already had its share of blood, sweat, tears, and lot of laughter. Top image: Rhys (left) with brother, Daniel

On January 20, Rhys Watt was diagnosed with Stage 4B Hodgkin’s Lymphoma-Nodular Sclerosing: an advanced cancer of the lymphatic system. It had been a whirlwind month of testing and world-shaking, but the diagnosis was real. Treatment needed to be swift to maximise success. It began just two months earlier. Rhys had felt abnormally tired coming into November 2015 though there were plenty of reasons to explain this: the end of Year 11 at John XXIII College, study, plenty of activity - all could account for some tiredness. Rhys’s Mum, Tania, knew something was amiss. He was drinking more water, needing to go to the toilet more, had aching legs and was overwhelmingly tired. She was determined to get him along to the doctor just to make sure everything was ok. 6157 BY O N E RE S ID E N T IA L

Rhys had finished school for the year and was offered a traineeship at TAMS: a tugboat operation at the Fremantle Port. He’d been doing some work with them once a week through the school year, and this had become an opportunity for something more significant. The traineeship would mean some handy money; a bonus for any 16-year-old! While preparing paperwork for the traineeship, Rhys needed to squeeze in a medical for his new employer. One of the elements of the medical, a urine test, was the first tip off. High protein was detected in the urine which was enough to trigger a blood test. The test revealed that his kidneys weren’t functioning as they should and showed high creatinine levels in his blood. On Christmas Eve, there was an ultrasound confirming Rhys had eight lesions through different parts of his body. At the very least. After Christmas Day and Boxing Day, there was a CT scan. Then there was another wait for the holidays around New Year’s Day. The CT scan showed many more lesions. It was onto a kidney specialist, and then an oncologist, then a haematologist, then the surgeon. “We had a team meeting with all of these specialists together at St John of God, Murdoch, and the diagnosis was made, by the oncologist and the treatment plan discussed,” said Tania, Rhys’s Mum.

FROM DIAGNO SIS TO TREATM ENT The flagging of chemotherapy in the treatment plan left Rhys a little numb and confused. Dots were still being joined about what this all meant. “Rhys asked me why he needed chemotherapy, and I needed to tell him that if we’re talking lymphoma, we’re talking cancer. That’s when reality started to sink in,” Tanya says.

Tania fills in some details: “Dan and Rhys work together at TAMS, were at the same school together, and their network of friends intersect a whole lot. People began to hear what was going on with Rhys’s health and with the shave and wanted to be get involved.” While most Year 11 students were seeing out 2015, squeezing in parties and gatherings, and finding part time work, Rhys was scheduling scans, blood tests, and a tight calendar of medical appointments. While many of his friends were preparing for the Year 12 ball, Rhys was having a port line inserted into his chest to close out his first round of chemotherapy. He wasn’t complaining about all that he was missing out on, but his resilience was growing. Perhaps Rhys’s personality—social, life-of-the-party, endearing—helps explain what happened next.

A PLAN THAT SNOWBALLED “As it got closer to the beginning of treatment and ‘shave day’, more people were putting their hands up. We hadn’t really told anyone but as more people showed interest, we realised it had already gone beyond ‘a few donations’ and we should get on board with the Leukaemia Foundation’s primary fundraising vehicle, ‘The World’s Greatest Shave’.” “We got online and established the fundraising page, making it easier to direct people to a place where they could donate”. The iconic event is one of Australia’s biggest fundraisers. Each March, more than 150,000 people are sponsored to shave or colour their hair to support Australians with blood cancer and fund research, while others like Rhys stage their own events through the year to raise funds. Once we’d made the decision, we tentatively let a few people know about it. It caught on fast. “When I asked Dan how many of his co-workers were coming along, there were 15-20. This was before we’d let anyone know about what was going on!”

“What started off as private support from a brother became something quite incredible. On the day, the love and support for Rhys was so moving and tangible…everyone could feel something pretty powerful going on.” TANIA BANGIONI, MOTHER OF RHYS Once a diagnosis was made, treatment quickly followed. The first round of chemotherapy was on January 29. Before too long Rhys and his brother, Dan, made a pact. “When the hair starts falling out, I’ll be shaving mine off, too, and we’ll do it together,” Daniel had told Rhys. As Rhys’s hair began to show the first signs of falling out, Dan let some of the guys from his work know of his plans. They wanted in and vowed that if there was hair coming off, they’d join in as well: physically and financially.

The event was hastily staged. It had never been a grand plan to use Rhys’s journey as a catalyst for fundraising for the Leukaemia Foundation, but it began to take on a life of its own. When treatment was scheduled, they knew it was the moment to get moving. Rhys’s first round of chemotherapy, which began on January 29, finished on the Friday, February 12; the ‘Great Shave’ was held on Valentine’s Day, two days later. While Tania thinks that plenty more planning could

Top image (left to right): Tania, Rhys, Daniel, Broni, Ben, Zoe

have been done with a longer run up, what they pulled off in a few days was quite remarkable.

through the day. While she’s a Pilates instructor now, a background in hairdressing certainly came in handy.

Tania is at pains to make sure people know that the money “I think things kicked off at 10 am and it was midnight isn’t for Rhys’s treatment but for the research into the when we got to bed. It was one huge day!” said Tania. treatment and cure of the range of blood-related cancers While each patient has their own battle, often the true that includes Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. heroes in journeys such as this are the Mums, Dads, sisters and brothers, and closest friends who ride each A GREAT DAY FOR A GREAT SHAVE bump: every piece of news, every diagnosis, and every chemotherapy cycle, every significant milestone and When the day arrived, more than eighty people showed announcement. up. Many had their heads shaved. Some had it coloured. Some went so far as doing both to secure some significant As for Rhys, he’s simply been blown away and moved by donations! the support of his friends and family. “One of my children’s godparents, Vic, had a friend lay down a challenge. Vic’s a staunch Dockers’ fan, and his mate is a ‘Pies supporter (go figure?!),” Tania said.

“We never thought the response would be anything like this, we just though a few mates might give a few bucks to a good cause,” says Rhys.

“The bet was extreme: shave the head, have your head painted black and white, and belt out the ‘Pies team song, and you’ll get $1000.”

“To see all these people show up on the Sunday to both give and support me was pretty full on. I’ve got some pretty amazing people around me. I guess I knew that already but you sure find out just how deep those friendships are when you’re dealing with stuff like this,” he added.

Vic not only fulfilled the terms of the monetary exchange but also displayed an uncanny appreciation for the dental hygiene of many Collingwood supporters! $1000 was added to the tally; one donation of so many that have gone together to make this a significant injection of fundraising for the Leukaemia Foundation. With spray-painted vehicles and signs at the front of their home, people came in from around the area out of both interest and concern.

SEREN DIPITO US CONNE CTIONS One lady who walked off the street complimented people for the event then asked for the cause. When she discovered Rhys’s condition, she realised she could do some encouraging of her own. She had survived Hodgkin’s lymphoma two years earlier and was able to give hope of a full recovery from personal experience, as well as a generous contribution. “It’s incredible how our neighbours and others further away from our home in Palmyra, just dropped in and stayed for a while, or contributed in different ways. Surrounding businesses, neighbours and friends, they all got involved in what was going on,” Tania said. Tania and a team of friends worked tirelessly with clippers

Rhys is now balancing chemotherapy with study and, when at his strongest, going to school. A team of educators is helping to make sure that, as much as possible, he can stay on track with his Year 12 studies. It’s an important year of schooling for any child; add chemotherapy and a battle with cancer to the equation and it gets far more serious. Between his teachers at school and PMH, and support at home, he’s started well. “We’re not forcing ourselves to do anything silly, but if we survive Year 12 while can navigaing treatment it would keep one aspect of life quite normal and keep Rhys on track with his career plans as well,” said Tania. The outlook for Rhys is positive. “We’ve been told that this is one of the more treatable forms of cancer, and it was detected reasonably early, so we’re feeling positive about a great result for our boy,” Tania said. On February 29, Rhys began his second round of chemotherapy. We’re hoping and praying that it will be one giant leap in his recovery.

GETTING ON BOARD

$19,262 has been raised on Rhys’s fundraising page so far —a long way towards their grand goal of $25,000. If you’d like to be part of contributing to the research into Leukaemia and blood-related cancers, One Residential invites you to do as we’ve done and visit Rhys’s fundraising page on “The World’s Greatest Shave”. Your generosity makes a significant difference in researching cures and treatments and for those journeying with cancer.

VISIT Photography by: Melanie Adams Photography

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6157: EVERY STREET TELLS A STORY

Sixty-four years, Two streets, One suburb.

WHERE A STREET GOT ITS NAME Like so many of the street names through Palmyra, Aurelian Street references another part of the world. While many are Middle Eastern in orgian, this one heralds from the Roman Empire. Queen Zonobia, born and raised in Palmyra, Syria, also carried the Roman name ‘Julia Aurelia Zenobia’. This might lead you to think that it’s where we got Aurelian Street from as well, but it was not as peaceful as all that. Aurelian was a Roman Emperor who lived from 215-275AD. He overthrew Queen Zenobia and the Palmyrene Empire in 273AD and reigned in her stead. His reign was short-lived; he died two years after his conquest.

Susan Holtham has called Palmyra home since 1952. From the age of two she lived on Tamar Street, but since 1971, the mail has been delivered to Aurelian Street.

Back in 1971, a newly married Susan Holtham was taking a walk down Aurelian Street with her mother.

day she returned with her former husband, Greg, for a second look and not long after, an offer was accepted to purchase the property.

The two had visited the corner deli that used to operate from the corner of Tamar and Aurelian Street, then carried on down the street. When they reached number 73, they discovered it was for sale.

The purchase price of the home in 1971 was $14,690—a massive financial commitment for the couple at the time.

They knocked on the door and asked the owner for a quick inspection. Later that

For the next 35 years, it was home for her family of four until ten years ago when Susan subdivided the block, sold the older home and built a new home for herself

If you live on Aurelian Street and have an argument with someone on Zenobia, history tells us you have the upper hand. Not that we’re encouraging miltary coups! Mind you, history alaso tells us he he died two years later!

The word Palmyra means “city of palms” and was named after a city in the Syrian Desert.

out the back. While Susan was a student at Palmyra Primary School from 1954-61 and Melville Senior High School from 1962-67, both of her children attended Our Lady of Fatima Primary School before their secondary education at John Curtin Senior High School. Susan’s memory of Palmyra in her younger years is starkly different to Palmyra today. She remembers Tamar Street continuing through where the School oval and Pally Patch are now located. “There were no subdivisions back then, just one quarter acre clock after the next,” Susan recalls. “I think our neighbours were one of the first to sub-divide on the street. “Almost all the homes I knew had chook runs. Some had ducks, and many had orchards of fruit trees.

Long-term Palmyra resident, Susan Holtham, rocking the pink hair at the recent ‘World’s Greatest Shave’ Event in Aurelian street!

“When we bought the home, most of the backyard was a series of chook runs that where divided into separate areas like a subsistence farming system. It was filled

with a huge number of fruit trees. I remember we pulled most of them out and put down lawn then, 20 years later, pulled up the lawn to put in fruit trees!” said Susan. Susan can’t imagine moving away from Palmyra. “I considered moving when my marriage ended ten years ago, but the community is so rich here, the thought was very fleeting. “It’s like a little village. I have so many friends, new and old. “My neighbours and I have been friends for 32 years now - we’re more like family,” Susan said. Susan is retired these days. For many years she was an enrolled nurse; second in charge of the dementia unit at Riversea Hospital in Mosman Park. These days you’re more likely to see her taking her dog for a 5k walk around Palmyra and targeting all the hills she can find, or taking off to the beach, or cheering loud and long for her other great passion: The Fremantle Dockers.

6157: PALMYRA

PALMYRA: MARKET UPDATE A review of the data for residential sales activity tells an interesting tale. While the facts are unquestionable, there’s plenty to indicate that the market has ended the quarter in a very different place to where it began.

Michael Forzatti was the highest listing salesperson in Western Australia in 2014/15. He has been in the Top 3 over the past five years. The largest portion of Michael’s sales is in the Palmyra area. It is in an area where One Residential is the clear market leader. So dominant is One’s presence in the Palmyra market (where their office is located) that their current market share of 58% is nearly nine times greater than the nearest competitor (with 5%). In this market update, Michael provides some qualitative thoughts on selling in the current market.

The current Perth property market is better described as ‘stabilising’ than flat. The median home price in Perth increased to $540,000 during this period: a 1% increase. Hardly meteoric, though not negative either! “The most significant difference in the past few weeks has been the increased enquiries, calls, and traffic at open home inspections compared to late last year,” said Michael Forzatti. “It seems like there’s been more interest over the past three weeks than the previous two months combined,” said Michael. While stock levels across the metropolitan areas are high, zoom into Palmyra and the story is quite different. There are only a small number of homes on the market. “Perhaps no one wants to leave such a great area!” said Michael, “I’ve seen a trend of people moving within the area. Not wanting to leave Palmyra, but wanting something larger or smaller within it.” “The thing about a perceived or real softening in a desirable area like Palmyra is that it often acts as a catalyst for buyers. I think this is behind some of the increase in current activity,” Forzatti said. While the future of the market is impossible to predict with accuracy, most indicators, and certainly buyer

sentiment anticipates a plateauing of the current conditions. No sudden movements in either direction. If there’s one marked change in the current market conditions, it’s the onus on the seller to present and price their property well. “When the market is bullish, you can get away without putting effort into presentation—demand is so strong that buyers overlook superficial imperfections. In this sort of market, you need to work harder to present your home as well as you can,” Forzatti said. While not suggesting unnecessary investment, Forzatti recommends ensuring that your property is clean, tidy, freshly painted and well manicured. “I find I’m doing more work coaching sellers so that they can best prepare their homes with minimal expenditure,” Michael said. Well presented 3x2, 4x2 homes and character gems are generating the highest enquiry with buyers willing to renovate so that the home can best serve the needs of the family. Home renovations afoot in the area and the high presence of family buyers in the market testifies to this. “Competition is so high in the building industry right now making it an ideal time to renovate,” said Michael. There is certainly a positive sentiment for 2016 in Palmyra for Michael Forzatti. While the number of properties for sale in the area is low, it’s not reflected in the number of listings he has personally. It remains strong and is further demonstration of his market leadership in the area.

THE CURRENT PALMYRA MARKET

+0.4% SUBURB GROWTH, CURRENT QUARTER

-1.7%

SUBURB GROWTH, YEAR TO DATE

Median sale price:

$717,500

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ONE LOVES :

EMILY’S CORNER

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M A K IN G E M ILY ’S C O R N E R ’s N E A R - FA M O U S F R IT TATA

EMILY’S CORNER IS A FRESH NEW PLAYER ON THE PALMYRA CAFE SCENE. WHEN I DROPPED BY, THEY WERE ONLY A FEW MONTHS OLD. Formally the domain of the local butcher, the owner, Leon Strachan, has reinvented the Carrington Street space as a tight, nifty takeaway: the perfect pitstop for the morning commute or a place to wile away a morning with a friend, or a journal. On this day, I fit the latter category. Emily’s Corner takes its name form the niece of the owner, Leon. The desire was to create a local corner store café that was equal parts healthy, friendly and quaint; Emily fit the brief just nicely. Leon is no stranger to the local café scene. Locals will know of one of his other ventures: cafélumos in White Gum Valley. Embracing the corner stores that are part of the fabric of the building’s heritage, Emily’s Corner still retains that house feel that finds you wondering whether the owners might be living out the back (they’re not!) The vibe is clean and compact while heading towards vintage and rustic in parts of the fitout. The branding is clean and strong, the design cues giving a healthy hint of what’s inside. The offering is simple: a take-out cafe with an array of healthy meal options to stay or go at breakfast and lunch. While the space could sit 20 at a pinch (inside and out), the modus operandi is fresh but packaged. While the dine-in options are breakfast and lunch, the menu is divided into morning, noon and night; a clear invitation to enjoy their fresh food on your dining table at home. I was hungry enough for lunch and took a seat. I wasn’t alone—there were about a dozen of us filling out the little corner—a mix of coffee stoppers, coffee take-aways, and lunch consumers. I love spaces like this. Not sprawling but tight, singular and purposeful. Accomplishing plenty, but all in one direction. The interior is sparse but quaint. A provodore type feel with a range of packaged goods from local and interstate producers. Pickles, jams, relishes and chutneys fill some retail shelves to add some gourmet kick to your home cooking.

INGREDIENTS 250gm fresh dates 1 tsp bicarb soda 90gm unsalted butter 180gm caster sugar 2 free-range eggs 170 gm self-raising flour ¼ tsp ground mixed spice ¼ tsp ground cinnamon 2 Tbsp cocoa 2 Tbsp natural yoghurt For the toffee sauce: 115gm unsalted butter 115gm brown sugar My traditional short mac showed up in good time. Eschewing ceramic, it was in the small takeaway cup. Angsty for the earth-lover, but a good pour all the same. Emily’s uses beans from Toby’s Estate: a blend of Ethiopian, Brazillian and Indonesian beans that is mellow yet bright. My palate is well adjusted to 5 Senses Coffee; this blend didn’t mess with its coffee sensibilities! It was good gear. For food, there was host of options for the vegetarian. I’m not used to being spoiled for choice—it’s usually a choice between two (or deciding which of the side serves is the most appealing). The carnivore was not in attendance and given recent developments in social media in the west end of town, I’m not going to pretend she was there either. A couple did that once and I’m not sure they got away with it! I opted for the frittata, a gluten-free option with silverbeet, cherry tomatoes, red peppers, fetta and pine nuts. Like my coffee, it also arrived boxed up in a takeaway container. It gave me the feeling I should probably be leaving, but I resisted and played on. Like most of their culinary options, it was made in-house and was brimming with flavour. Generous on the seeded mustard, every mouthful was a vibrant delight. The tone at Emily’s Corner as the lunch crowd rolled in was bright and vivacious. It made it a sweet place to hang. Accompanied by a well-curated mix of music, the infectious enthusiasm and friendly banter of the staff made for a happy halfway house for the nomadic throng. While in its early days, the vision at Emily’s Corner is uncomplicated. While not wanting to reduce any café to a formula, this one is heading down a path that makes a whole lot of sense. I sure hope they hang around for a while. I’ve been back a few times since my first visit and they’re a welcome punctuation mark on the coffee landscape in these parts.

- THE VEGETARIAN without THE CARNIVORE

METHOD Oven on 180oC. Put the dates in a bowl with the bicarb soda and cover with 200ml of boiling water Leave to stand for a couple of minutes to soften, and then drain. Whiz the dates in a food processor until you have a purée. Cream butter and sugar until pale using a wooden spoon, and add the eggs, flour, mixed spice, cinnamon and Cocoa. Mix well, then fold in the yoghurt and your puréed dates. Pour into a buttered, ovenproof dish and bake in the preheated oven for 40 minutes. Make the toffee sauce by putting the butter, sugar and cream in a pan over a low heat until the sugar has dissolved and the sauce has thickened and darkened in colour. Serve with Vanillabean ice-cream!

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ONE SUPPORTS:

SUNSET SUPPER CLUB

Something good at sunset. If you haven’t visited the Sunset Supper Club yet this season, two things: you don’t have long to get along, and you’re missing out on a really good thing! Now in its second year, Sunset Supper Club is a burgeoning enclave of around 25 food vendors who gather together each Firday to purvey their wares from across the globe. Tapping in on our penchant for food trucks (the more of them in one place, the better!), Sunset Supper Club runs through the warmer months, from late October through to mid-March. There’s a cacophony of flavours from over the globe. Indian, Argentina, Turkey and France meet Mexico, Chile, Spanish and the Middle East. While the number of vans runs into the mid-twenties, there are few double-ups when it comes to cuisine. The Sunset Supper Club is a round the world ticket to the best food the globe has to offer. Friends chat, come and go. Hungry mouths are fed; more cuisines to a table than there are mouths. Good food, good tunes and good vibes. A million miles from the high-paced retail environment that’s only metres away in real distance, it’s a wind down from a scorcher and the invigorating easy chill of taking as long as it takes. Yet there’s more going on at Sunset Supper Club and its why One Residential has got on board to support what’s happening. The first is that it brings the community together. Food is a great conduit to community and conversation and to drop by on a Friday night will only affirm this thought for you.

On any given Monday, Wednesday or Friday, you’ll

Second, there’s an altruistic dimension going on as well.

find 20-25 men gathering at the Bicton Men’s

The Club has set up a card system to give you a little discount on your food purchases. You may use this on one evening or you may keep buying more cards and keep them going across the season. The cards cost $5 and give you a 10% discount on your food purchases. Better still, the $5 is a donation to The McCusker Alzheimer’s Research Foundation which essetnially costs you nothing! You buy discounted food which offsets your $5 donation and your money goes to a great cause.

Shed. They’re one expression of a movement that has become one of the largest men’s community networks in the country. With nearly 1,000 ‘shed groups’ across Australia, there’s enormous interest in coming together over some wood, some metal, and a coffee. We caught up with Trevor Taylor to hear about the attraction behind the Shed Movement.

There are plans to expand Sunset Supper Club across some other venues as well, activating these shopping centre car parks at times where they would ordinarily be vacant. For now, it’s a jewel in the crown of the City of Melville. A secret that everyone’s finding out about.

HEROES KUDOS!

Get along before it’s too late, or keep it in mind when it rolls around once more later this year. You can visit them online at: sunsetsupperclub.com.au

THE McCUSKER A L Z H E IM E R ’S RESEARCH F O U N DAT IO N The McCusker Alzheimer’s Research Foundation is funding research to increase the understanding of the causes of Alzheimer’s disease, develop early diagnosis, and identify preventative measures and treatments. Each week at the Sunset Supper Club, their researchers are available to help you discover how lifestyle and diet can help delay symptoms, the current trials being conducted, and the research projects underway to find better treatments and a cure.

In a tight market, beware the ‘overpromiser’! Last week I met with a client who was ready to sell their home. They informed me that while I was their preferred agent, they’d meet with some other agents as well. A couple of days later when I spoke to them, they let me know that another agent they’d called in had assured them that they could fetch $800-820k for their home. I’d never heard of the salesperson that they’d consulted, but they didn’t seem to know Palmyra too well as I believed the property would sell for $700-720k. That’s an enormous difference.

J M H T I W A + Q

Now, while I’ve been selling in Palmyra for a long, long time, if someone convincingly assured me that they could get an extra $100k for my home, I’d be all ears. Even if it was $100k more than the market leader for the area was suggesting! After all, who’s going to turn their back on $100k, right?!

cycle. They’ve seen the sun shine, but the impending clouds seem like doom. The good news for those who have navigated many real estate cycles is two-fold: first, houses sell in the gloom, and second, the sun will shine again. It may not come out tomorrow, but it will come out soon enough!

If it’s real.

In conditions such as these, it’s far more about blood, sweat and tears than it’s about spit and polish. That goes for salespeople and those preparing their homes for market alike.

But it wasn’t.

Here’s what I realised as I was speaking to my client. There’s a great temptation for an inexperienced salesperson to do one of two things with a potential client in a tight market: tell them whatever it takes to be their friend, and, cause this is usually the quickest way to make a friend, promise $100k more than the other salesperson! In tight market conditions more than ever, you need transparency when it comes to the reality of the market more than you need a new friend! Sure, you may be likeable when you tell someone what they want to hear, but when your advice isn’t based on reality, you’re doing no-one any favours. The inexperienced salesperson was wrong. The home would never sell at $820k, or $800k. Aside from wanting to make a friend, they were basing their ‘market appraisal’ on sales evidence from a couple of years back. Things have changed markedly since that time. A good agency in this market may well be a fine man or woman, but their prime objective is not to win a friend, it’s to secure the best buyer for your home.

with MICHAEL FORZATTI

ONE ONE

The truth isn’t always so palatable in a market such as this. I understand that being told the value of your home has decreased $100k is not pleasant. Mind you, neither is having it on the market for months without a nibble. The more volatile or uncertain a market becomes, the more experience matters. The more a market leader matters. In a changing real estate cycle, our level of transparency in providing accurate and realistic advice is crucial. Getting caught up in emotive discussions based on pleasing potential clients and personal ego is a recipe for disaster. Most reasonable salespeople will perform when the sun shines, but as the clouds roll over, it’s not so easy. For some, this leads to desperation and over-promising. ‘Good time agents’, as we call them, have only worked through one part of a real estate

My clients from last week? They saw through the over-promiser to the aged evidence on which the price was based. They could spot that it was an assessment based on inexperience and acted accordingly. The over-promiser is not always easy to spot, though. All of this comes back to knowledge, experience, preparation and communication. It always should, but the most compelling presentation to the client will be the personal sales experience that supports the cold data of the day. Ask your salesperson how many properties they’ve sold in the area in the last couple of months. Where were they? How much did they sell for? How does this compare to a couple of years back? How long were they on the market? I regularly work through the anatomy of recent sales with my clients to identify the effect of the starting price, sales price and time taken to realise the result, so our clients aren’t making assumptions but reviewing reality. The seller who believes the over-promiser sets themselves for a big fall. The home sits on the market, no one is interested, it becomes stale to the market and, months down the track, the same salesperson is pleading with the seller to drop the price dramatically. By this time, though, they’ve lost their moment to shine; the chance to make an impact is gone because the price was irrelevant to the current market. It’s not just where you land that matters, but the joy or pain endured to get there. As you consider selling, keep an eye out for the ‘over-promiser’. They’re usually easy enough to spot but watch out all the same. Your new pal may be a short term pal if all they’re selling you is false expectations.

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L K E E P IN G IT L O C A W IT H T H E ‘PA L LY P L U M B E R ’

CHRISTMAS NIGHT MARKET

FOR SALE

THURSDAY 17 DECEMBER, You may know Stephen Is Palmyra any different 5:00 - 8:30PM Perry by another name. to any other area you’ve You’ll certainly have seen his van around Palmyra. He’s a plumber; more specifically, The Pally Plumber.

Palmyra Primary School 60 McKimmie Road Palmyra We caught up with Steve to hear what’s it like to be the

operated in? In some ways it’s ‘same sh*t, different suburb’, but with a bunch of interesting people! It’s a great way to get to know your neighbours. Homes are generally of a similar vintage so problems are often of a similar nature. A high level of home handyman extensions in the area means some of my work is unpacking that from a plumbing perspective!

local plumber. Come along for some great food, How long have youartisan been gifts and entertainment, plumbing?

Lights for Lifeline & Carols with a Choir Around 20 years - not just here but around the world: London, Hayman Island, Melbourne and, best of all, Palmyra!

SOME OF THE ONES IN

PALMYRA

35 ELVIRA STREET Fr $799,000 CHARACTER APPEAL IN A FAMILY LOCATION Set in a tree-lined street, this home is a rare chance to raise your family in a desirable, tightly held location. Period features abound with the picket fence, iron roof, front-sitting porch and hallway entry plus wide floorboards and ornate details.

FOR SALE

Got anything else going on? I’m a part-time sculptor How long have you been the and part-time creator of PRESENTED ‘Pally Plumber’? BY PALMYRA chilli sauce concoctions! It’s been five years now. WESTERN FARMERS MARKETS Palmyra accounts for 80% I see a follow-up story of allmore my business which isvisit here! (For information, themThanks on Facebook) for your pretty hand! It sure keeps time, Stephen. me honest, though - people The Pally Plumber lives on can look up my address Baal Street, Palmyra. If you easy enough! need a plumber, call Stephen on 0409 689 895.

3/1 MCGREGOR ROAD Fr $539,000 STREET FRONT - FAULTLESS THROUGHOUT!

AMAR O N E TA K E TO T T FOR TEAM SHO

When the team grows, the team glows. With some new additions joining the team in our Sales and Property Management divisions, it was time for a new photo. We took to one of the finest homes on Tamar Street to catch us in our splendour! From left to right: Simone Clements, Ros Conway, Kirsty Baker, Zora Reeves, Bianca Borgers, Karen Thurtle, Richard Thurtle, Shane Beaumont, Michael Forzatti, Georgina Johnston, Loren Carcione, Maria Princi, Andrew Mulcahy, Michael Jennings.

FOR SALES DATA, ADVICE AND EXPERTISE IN PALMYRA, CALL THE MARKET LEADER, MICHAEL FORZATTI ON 0419 904 907

Move in and enjoy this immaculate home set on an impressive 321sqm front block with your own driveway and no strata fees! The ideal floorplan includes 2 living areas, renovated kitchen and bathroom, 3 big bedrooms with WIR’s and BIR’s.

FOR SALE

10C JUSTINIAN STREET Fr $599,000 PRIVATE ENTERTAINER, BACKYARD SURPRISE! Quality finishes and practical design fuse together to create this single level haven. On a tranquil corner 419sqm block in a top location, the tasteful interior is light and bright with open plan design and refurbished kitchen & spacious dining area.

UNDER OFFER

MORE THAN A GOOD FEED AND A G O O D V IB E

SOLD

32 TAMAR STREET PERFECT CHARACTER ENTERTAINER!

E.O.I

32 SOLOMON STREET Fr $749,000 CHARACTER STUNNER ON SOLOMON!

One of Palmyra’s finest homes! An 845sqm corner block framed by brick+picket boundary fences, this amazing character tuckpointed brick+iron period home has been renovated and extended perfectly to create a wonderful family home in this fine location.

This ONE is going to steal your heart with its charming appeal and style. Bursting with character, tastefully renovated with great flow and generous rooms, you can enjoy living in the most sought after pocket in Palmyra!

UNDER OFFER

If you’re yet to get along to the One Residentialsponsored, Sunset Supper Club, get along soon. The food market on the south-west corner of Garden City runs until 18 March. The Club has an association with the McCusker Alzheimer’s Research Foundation. For $5, patrons can purchase a loyalty card giving them 10% off food purchases from four vendors as well a chance to win a weekend away.

SOLD

The card can be used on one night or several.

87 AURELIAN STREET $859,000 CHARACTER CLASSIC - INSTANT APPEAL!

30A SOLOMON STREET Fr $979,000 FAMILY RETREAT - FULL 759sqm BLOCK!

Set on an elevated Green Title block, this renovated brick and tile home has period charm with modern amenities. Rich in character features: brick and picket fence, recycled brick driveway, original windows and separate formal living area.

An amazing opportunity to secure your family’s future with this extremely RARE BRICK AND TILE renovated and EXTENDED super spacious home on a LARGE BLOCK in arguably one of Palmyra’s most sought after locations!

SOLD

UNDER OFFER

3/9 FOSS STREET, PALMYRA $399,000 PALMYRA’S BEST VALUE VILLA!

74 MCKIMMIE ROAD Fr $649,000 PERFECT CHARACTER ENTERTAINER!

This villa home ticks all the boxes with a fantastic location just moments from transport and convenience! Spacious with 2 large BR (both with BIR’s), bathroom with bath & shower, high raked ceilings in main living area & kitchen, sparkling floors and low maint. courtyards.

An eye catching character facade heralds the light filled living spaces within this gorgeous home! The lounge room with fireplace is a serene retreat opening out to an amazing north facing Bali-inspired deck, perfect for long summer nights!

FINAL 2016 LIMESTONE CONCERT with THE AMPLIFIERS - MARCH 20 The final concert of the ‘Pop-3-Ways’ Limestone Concert Series will kick off on Sunday 20 March at The City of Melville Limestone Amphitheatre, 10 Almondbury Road, Booragoon. Concerts start at 5.30pm, but arrive early to save your spot! Pack a picnic or purchase food from the mobile café.

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ONE RESIDENTIAL: MANAGEMENT

ABOUT THE UPSIDE. Guess what happens in a flatter property market? Properties are still rented!

LEASED

Late last year, there seemed to be a continual flow of gloomy news reports about the state of the Perth rental market. They’ve been a little more vibrant of late, yet the outlook is still one of ‘stabilising’ not ‘flattening’. Whatever spin you put on it, we’re not going to have a strong upwards surge any month soon, but in all that, there are details that can get swept under the carpet. Here is one of those details: One Residential manages plenty of properties and are continuing to successfully lease those properties! Each one of the properties you see here has been leased by One Residential in recent weeks. They’ve been well prepared for the market, well presented to the market, and they’ve been leased by our team in a reasonable amount of time. It’s easy enough to miss the simple truth: there’s plenty of action going on out there, and One Residential Property Management is responsible for much of it!

ELVIRA STREET, PALMYRA $500/week Spacious modern house ideally located in quiet street within easy walking distance of transport, primary schools and parks.

BAAL STREET, PALMYRA $550/week Superb renovated character home with below ground pool and lots of entertaining space. Ideally positioned opposite park and within walking distance of transport and primary school.

LEASED

FORREST STREET, PALMYRA $420/week Two level townhouse ideally situated in quiet complex at the cul-desac end of Forrest Street. Short walk to transport and local shops.

ANTONY STREET, PALMYRA $390/week Very neat unit ideally located in small quiet complex. Easy walk to transport, shopping centre and local restaurants.

LEASED

To get genuine action on your investment property, call our team today on 9339 8833.

HARRIS STREET, PALMYRA $560/week Superbly presented modern home ideally located in quiet street within walking distance of local primary schools, transport, parks, shops and restaurants.

BOYD STREET, PALMYRA $520/week Very well presented spacious home with pool and large garage. Ideally located close to transport, local primary schools and shops.

:ONERS ONE CELEBRATES BIG SALES MILESTONE: 1111.

MAN GETS NEW BEST FRIEND. OTHERS FOLLOW SUIT.

our people: out there and doing good stuff

Shane Beaumont and his partner, Sam, had a recent addition to the family as they welcomed their pet Moodle, Ari!

ONE SUPPORTS SUNSET SUPPER CLUB.

Both parents and baby are reportedly doing well.

For those unfamiliar with the world of designer dogs, a Moodle is a hybrid breed that is developed by crossing a Toy Poodle with a Maltese.

LUCY NOTCHES NINE MONTHS, CUTENESS UNABATING

The offspring of Michael and Francesca Jennings recently passed the oftforgotten milestone of being ‘longer out than in’! To celebrate, she stood up for her milestone photo and owned the chair from which Mum has provided such good service over for what seems like a lifetime! Yes, the cuteness shows no signs of letting up at this point. Pretty sure it’s Mum that’s contributed the lion’s share to that phenomenon! We’re anticipating there’s more photos to come!

EXCITED NANNY-TO-BE CONTINUES COUNTDOWN

It doesn’t seem that long ago that we were celebrating our first sale, but plenty can happen in six years! Since launching on 01/01/10, we’ve sold 1111 properties. We could think of it as the power of one thousand, one hundred and eleven but we know the reality will always be that it is the ‘Power of One’. The next sale, your home, you! For now, we’re celebrating that all those ones have added up to 1111!

Lead by our Booragoon specialist, Andrew Mulcahy, One Residential has lent its support to the 2015/16 edition of the Sunset Supper Club. The food market staged in the car park of Garden City, which continues until 18 March has had another successful season. Offering over 20 different culinary options representing cuisines of the world, the Supper Club offers something for every palate while also raising funds for Alzheimer’s Research. Get on it!

PALMY y Primar

Term One is in full swing at Palmyra Primary School! The school currently has many exciting projects which are enhancing its education program such as: A Whole School Kitchen Garden Programme; Continued development of a multi-functional outdoor classroom area aka “Pally Patch”; Sustainability initiative across the whole school such as compost, recycling, water harvesters, Waste Wise, Solar Power which are leading the school to be a “Carbon Neutral School”; and Continued development of partnerships with the community to support education. A highlight has been the refurbishment of the school library. A strong primary school is a major asset for any community. We’re proud to say that Palmyra boasts a beauty!

ON THE SCHOOL R C A L E N DA

Continuing the designer dog theme, Andrew Mulcahy joined the party and welcomed his new addition, a Cavoodle, with an all-expenses flight across the country flying Qantas!

SWIMMING LESSONS FOR YEARS 3-6 14 - 24 MARCH

The Cavoodle, is a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel crossed with a Poodle. Named ‘Twixie’ for the approximation of its colour to Twix bar, the puppy was located at McCarthur Pets in Nerrellan and lovingly transported to Perth and into the welcoming arms of her new Dad. Ahhh...the joy of family!

NEWRSA

General Manager, Karen Thurtle, will soon claim the title of ‘First One Grandmother’. With daughter, Amy, in her third trimester, the countdown is advanced and the nursery wellprepared!

SCHOOL BANKING EVERY TUESDAY 8:30 - 8:50am PALMYRA FARMERS MARKET EVERY SUNDAY 8AM - 12PM

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Autumn 1

Autumn search: Go out and find 10 things that you will only see during Autumn.

In Autumn, pick 3-5 trees in your backyard or street. Each week, observe changes in the size and color of the leaves. How are they different? What trees keep their leaves the longest?

Plant bulbs, seeds or trees.

Rake fallen leaves and play in the piles. See how many different colours of leaves you can collect or identify.

Stock Road

Preston Pt Rd

Petra St

Getting your kids away from the screen and out of the house can be a challenge sometimes. Here’s some ideas to get them outside and exploring as we head into autumn, and some others for all year round.

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GET OUTTA HERE

G R E E N WA S T E COLLECTION IN 6157

Canning Highway

AREA 1 28 MARCH AREA 2 4 APRIL

Sainsbury St

The service, provided by the City of Melville is for collection from your verge according to council requirements and applies to residential properties only. White goods and junk is another verge-side pick up and will take place later in the year.

ALL YEAR ROUND 5

Anybody home? Go visit your neighbors! Spend some time looking for “neighbours” living under rocks, under leaves, under anything. Be a polite visitor! Put things back where you found them.

Make a bird feeder by putting shortening or peanut butter and seeds on a pine cone.

Leave out bits of yarn for birds to make their nests.

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Adopt a tree! Choose a tree to monitor for the year. Check on it once a month. What do the leaves look like? What about the bark? Are there signs of wildlife? Are there plants that live near or on it? Take art supplies outside with you (crayons and paper for younger children, markers, pencils or clay for older children). Choose one natural thing (tree, rock, plant, etc.) to draw. Draw it from a creative perspective (standing above it, lying underneath it, sitting very close to it, etc.). Pretend to be an ant and draw it from the ant’s point of view!

10 Creative writing: Take a walk outside. Choose a plant or animal that you see. Pretend you are that animal and write a letter to someone. If you have a friend with you, write to each other!

One Residential Sales and Property Management 329a Canning Highway (faces McKimmie Road) Palmyra WA 6157 Mobile 0419 904 907 michael@oneresidential.com.au

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